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re: Tonight, Texas A&M's campus will darken for Silver Taps
Posted on 2/4/14 at 10:17 am to Pettifogger
Posted on 2/4/14 at 10:17 am to Pettifogger
I'm not disagreeing with you; I just didn't understand what you were saying. What was "self-explanatory" to you wasn't clear to me. Anyway, I wasn't criticizing you; I was just asking for clarification (which you provided--thank you).
With the exception of a few meaningless, modern shenanigans (e.g., christening/dunking the Aggie Ring, Maroon Out, Big Event, etc.), we didn't select our traditions; they emerged over time. And they were never abandoned.
Never was there an intentional, group vote of hundreds of thousands of Ags to continue a tradition, simply to continue it.
It's different. I get it. To each his own.
With the exception of a few meaningless, modern shenanigans (e.g., christening/dunking the Aggie Ring, Maroon Out, Big Event, etc.), we didn't select our traditions; they emerged over time. And they were never abandoned.
Never was there an intentional, group vote of hundreds of thousands of Ags to continue a tradition, simply to continue it.
It's different. I get it. To each his own.
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Posted on 2/4/14 at 10:26 am to EKG
I believe all of that is true.
For example, with Silver Taps, I'm not aware of a related tradition that involves the "sun won't rise on them again" angle. I understand it derived from taps generally, but to my knowledge, that isn't a part of other taps ceremonies (I checked, it appears the Army specifically prohibits Silver/Echo taps). But there is a lot of significance built in to the TAMU version, and it sounds pretty planned to me. Now, it was planned 100 years ago, so that isn't a slight, but I think it was probably created with posterity in mind. Again, nothing wrong with that, it just goes to show the value of maintaining tradition to A&M, and to me, signifies that early TAMU people wanted to create an abundance of traditions to be carried forward.
For example, with Silver Taps, I'm not aware of a related tradition that involves the "sun won't rise on them again" angle. I understand it derived from taps generally, but to my knowledge, that isn't a part of other taps ceremonies (I checked, it appears the Army specifically prohibits Silver/Echo taps). But there is a lot of significance built in to the TAMU version, and it sounds pretty planned to me. Now, it was planned 100 years ago, so that isn't a slight, but I think it was probably created with posterity in mind. Again, nothing wrong with that, it just goes to show the value of maintaining tradition to A&M, and to me, signifies that early TAMU people wanted to create an abundance of traditions to be carried forward.
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